Shloka 303

Devanagari script

प्रासेन चेकितानं वै विव्याध हृदये भृशम्‌ । भरतश्रेष्ठ) आपके पुत्रने तुरंत ही एक प्रासका प्रहार करके उन आक्रमणकारी पाण्डव- योद्धाओंमेंसे चेकितानकी छातीपर गहरी चोट पहुँचायी

Transliteration

prāsena cekitānaṃ vai vivyādha hṛdaye bhṛśam |

Translation

संजय म्हणाला—त्याने प्रासाने चेकितानाच्या हृदयप्रदेशात अत्यंत जोराने भेद केला।

Word by Word

• प्रासेन: with a spear
• प्रासेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रास
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• चेकितानम्: Chekitana
• चेकितानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेकितान
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वै: indeed / surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• विव्याध: pierced
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• हृदये: in the heart
• हृदये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भृशम्: violently / greatly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Cekitāna
• prāsa (spear)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the harsh ethical reality of war: even when framed as kṣatriya-duty, combat rapidly becomes fatal, reminding the listener that dharma in battle carries unavoidable human cost.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a warrior (contextually, from the Kaurava side as implied by the accompanying prose) pierces the Pāṇḍava ally Cekitāna with a spear, striking him hard in the heart-region.